Head of Creative

About Mariana Minerals

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. We're reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

The Role

The Head of Creative is responsible for the creative execution and visual identity of the company. Working directly with the Brand & Communications Lead, you'll establish the systems, standards, and creative direction that shape the company's public image and internal culture.

What You'll Do

• Own Mariana's brand architecture across the company and its assets
• Own and evolve Mariana's visual identity
• Design presentations, marketing collateral, and recruiting materials
• Create website assets and digital campaigns
• Design premium employee and customer merchandise
• Develop scalable design systems and templates
• Creative direction for photography and video
• Develop visual concepts for marketing campaigns
• Design podcast branding and graphics
• Review and maintain quality across all creative output
• Help shape the visual language of Mariana's culture
• Maintain brand guidelines
• Build and organize asset libraries
• Establish creative workflows
• Manage relationships with contract photographers, videographers, editors, and designers

Desired Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in graphic design, creative direction, or brand design
• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual taste and execution in digital and physical formats
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Experience building brands from an early stage

Additional Qualifications

• Motion graphics or video art direction experience
• Industrial, technology, aerospace, automotive, or manufacturing brand experience

Our culture is built on three principles:

• Everyone Gets Home Safe. We never put speed or cost ahead of people
• Extreme Ownership. We take full responsibility for outcomes, relentlessly driving toward solutions
• Engineer Out Requirements, then Automate. We simplify, optimize, and then automate for scale
• Share Your Legos. We collaborate openly, share knowledge, and empower each other to build bigger, better solutions